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ID# 015 -SIMCOCK, David John, 951 Pte - KIA declared as 02 May 1915; Accounts from soldiers accompanying Simcock in the battle around Baby 700 attest that he died late in the afternoon of 25th April 1915 (while endeavouring to rescue a wounded soldier) - Sgt. G. Mason (Game to the Last, Hurst); Wm. Murray (Gallipoli, The Western Australian Story, Olson).

ID# 082 - BIGNELL, Edwin Allen, 1078 Pte - Shown in service records as KIA 02 May 1915. His section Corporal, TS Louch, states in his memoirs that David Crerar was killed at the landing on Gallipoli, 25 April 1915.

ID# 083 - CRERAR, David Knox, 873 Pte - Shown in service record as KIA 05 May 1915, however his section Corporal TS Louch states in his memoirs that David Crerar was killed at the landing on Gallipoli, 25 April 1915.

ID# 188-BAILEY, Ben Harold, 272, Pte - KIA declared as 02 May 1915; Letter from friend Otto (O J) Siefkin to his mother dated 03 Sept 1915, states Bailey was killed within minutes of landing on 25 April 1915. Siefkin was later a P.O.W. and died from influenza at Gerdanen, East Prussia on 21 October 1918. (Gill, Fremantle to France, p407-8).

ID# 193 - WILLIAMS, Arthur James, 496 Pte - Shown in service records as DOW 28 April 1915. Eye witness accounts from soldiers in his company state that Pte Williams was killed on board the "Chelmer" prior to the men embarking into boats for the Gallipoli landing. There is a letter in his service records from his brother confirming accounts from his companions, in particular 487 Arthur Sampford (shows as Sanford in the letter). A letter home from Ted Mofflin (Sern 464) also records that Williams was hit while standing on the deck of the destroyer. Williams is generally accepted as being the first 11th Bn casualty (Hurst, Game To The Last, p43). We have included AJ Williams here as being KIA on the 25th April 1915.

ID# 644-SECCOMBE, Frank William, 497, Sgt - KIA declared as 02 May 1915; Accounts from soldiers who were with Seccombe at the landing declared that he was killed in action soon after landing (Edward Inman diary).

ID# NYF-MAYNE, William Henry, 455 Pte - Shown in service record as KIA 25 April 1915